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Former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4

Construction of a six-storey community and innovation hub at the former Glass Bottle site in Poolbeg.

PWSDZ5054/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 22 December 2023

Reference: PWSDZ5054/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 22 December 2023

Summary

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The development consists of a 12,556 square metre structure known as Block P. It will accommodate community, innovation office, leisure, cultural, artistic, café, educational, and library uses on a 15.06-hectare site.

Commercialcommunity hubofficepoolbeg

Storeys: 6
Floor area: 12,556 m²

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Official record

Development description

For the construction of a 6 storey structure to accommodate a multi-functional community hub and an innovation hub (12,556 sq m gfa) (referred to as block p, accommodating community, innovation (office), leisure, cultural, artistic, café, educational, and library uses) on a site of 15.06 hectares (identified as 'glass bottle') including lands known as the former irish glass bottle & fabrizia sites, poolbeg west, dublin 4, focused primarily, but not exclusively, on a net site area of 0.4523 hectares in the poolbeg west strategic development zone (sdz) planning scheme (april 2019). The overall site is bounded to the north-west by sean moore road, to the north-east by south bank road, to the south- east by dublin port lands and dublin bay, and to the south-west by sean moore park. The block p structure is bounded to the north-west the permitted blocks o and m, to the north-east by the school site, to the south-east by the permitted village green and to the south-west by clanna gael fontenoy clg. The overall site subsumes the 4.3 hectare site of the infrastructure permission (parent permission') (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19) for which dublin city council issued a notification of final decision (10-year permission) on 28 january 2020. The infrastructure permission (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19) permits: streets, transportation, water services and utilities' infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces (including the village green and a dog park); and temporary landscaping of a school site, all to facilitate phase 1 development as provided for under the approved poolbeg west sdz planning scheme. The proposed block p development will consist of: amendment of permission register reference pwsdz3270/19 in those areas where the net site of 0.4523 hectares overlaps with the boundaries of the earlier 4.3 hectare infrastructure permission (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19) to facilitate amendments to materials, urban tree locations and landscaping, and to facilitate the change in levels between the western edge of the permitted village green and the proposed block p together with public realm and public amenity space; amendment of permission register reference pwsdz3207/21 at the permitted local street (side street) identified as holbrook street where the net site area of 0.4523 hectares overlaps with the boundaries of the earlier 4.46 hectares' focussed site area of the phase 1 permission (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3207/21) to facilitate the provision of on-street bicycle parking; and the construction of a multi-functional community hub and an innovation hub (12,556 sq) m gfa) comprising a single 6-storey block (with set-backs at levels 3, 4 and 5 including set-back accessible roof terraces at 5th floor level, roof amenity space (including an enclosed basketball court) and roof level plant) to provide: community and educational uses (2,863 sq m gfa); a community/ innovation centre (including café) (1,785 sq m gfa), cultural uses (678 sq m gfa) including (20 no. Artists' studios (13 no. Individual artists' studios' and 7 no. -equivalent shared artists' studio / exhibition space)); innovation hub (office) (7,058 sq m gfa) (including bike storage and changing facilities); and ancillary back-of-house spaces/ facilities (172 sq m) (including esb substation and associated mv switchroom, tenant landlord switchroom, transformer room and telecom room; and bin stores). The proposed block p development will also consist of the provision of 5 no. New on-street car parking spaces (incl. 2 no. Accessible car parking spaces) and 1 no. On-street loading/ taxi bay; and provision of 219 no. Bicycle parking spaces (147 no. Long-stay standard bicycle parking spaces located at the innovation hub bike store; 70 no. Short-stay standard bicycle parking spaces located on-street at surface level; and 2 no. Cargo bicycle parking spaces located at surface level). Access and servicing of the proposed block p development will be by way of the permitted local street (side street) identified on the emerging masterplan as "holbrook street" (as included in the permitted phase 1 (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3207/21) and phase 1b (reg. Ref. Pwsdz2406/22) schemes) and by the coastal link to be delivered as part of this development between holbrook street and the village green (permitted under the 'parent permission' (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19)). The proposed development will also consist of the provision of: hard and soft landscaping incl. Coastal link planting, and roof terraces; publicly-accessible roof amenity space; a mural on the south east elevation; pedestrian and cycle links; boundary treatments; tree removal and tree planting; interim site hoarding; public lighting; green and blue roofs; piped site wide services; and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation. This application will be accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis).

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS

“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 3 October 2023. A completion certificate was lodged on 12 August 2024.

Notified floor area: 21,815 m²

6 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Bremen Road, Ringsend, Dublin	Nov 2025	€680,000	293 m
12 Leukos Rd, Dublin 4, Dublin	Mar 2026	€607,000	303 m
46 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Irishtown, Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€740,000	357 m
42 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4, Dublin	Jun 2026	€698,500	366 m
313 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€823,788	395 m
114 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€493,392	395 m
117 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€484,581	395 m
45 Poolbeg Quay, Pigeon House Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4	Feb 2026	€410,000	398 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received22 December 2023
Decision due23 February 2024
Decision issued16 January 2024

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